Thursday 19 January 2017

08 November, 2016: Special Recognition Dinner in honouring Dr. Ahmad Totonji, Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Wira Dr. Jamil Osman and Prof. Emiritus Dato Dr. Tahir Azhar for receiving their honorary degree and awards.

IIIT East and South East Asia Office organized a Special Recognition Dinner to congratulate Dr. Ahmad Totonji for the conferment of Honorary Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Social Science from University Selangor. IIIT also congratulated Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Wira Dr. Jamil Osman and Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Md. Tahir Md. Azhar, both were conferred Professor Emeritus by the International Islamic University Malaysia. The Dinner was organized on November 8, 2016 at the Banquet Hall, International Islamic University and was attended by more than 100 professors, students and friends.





Associate Prof. Dr. Mustafa Omar, Prof. Dr. Md. Aslam Md. Haneef and Brother Shamsul Azhar were invited to present brief experiences they had with the main guests. They shared their memorable moments in interacting with them and related few anecdotes to inform the audience on the contributions and personal attributes of the main guests. All three were indebted directly to the three main guests for helping and encouraging them to succeed in their careers and private lives.

Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Md. Tahir Md. Azhar in his speech thanked IIIT for organizing the Dinner. He felt humbled with the recognition given and gave his commitment to be associated with IIIT programs and activities in the near future. Dr. Ahmad Totonji called for brothers and sisters in the Muslim world to work together despite of their differences. He said through out of his experience, we differed only 10% and agreed 90% on most of the issues that we are facing. Therefore, Dr. Ahmad stressed that we should work on the 90% that we agreed rather than focusing on the small portion that we disagreed. He also stressed the need for working in a cohesive team and having a positive view of the future. Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Wira Dr. Jamil Osman thanked everyone for their continuous support to IIIT programs and activities. He said that currently IIIT East and South East Asia office is embarking on an ambitious textbook project and he invited all scholars and IIIT friends to contribute in the project.

The brothers and sisters were delighted with the Dinner and having the opportunity to congratulate all three invited guests in person. Everyone is looking forward for future events and activities organized by the IIIT office.


 


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